वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-87, verse-8

अयं गिरिश्चित्रकूटस्तथा मन्दाकिनी नदी ।
एतत् प्रकाशते दूरान्नीलमेघनिभं वनम् ॥८॥

8. ayaṃ giriścitrakūṭastathā mandākinī nadī ,
etat prakāśate dūrānnīlameghanibhaṃ vanam.

8. ayam giriḥ citrakūṭaḥ tathā mandākinī nadī
etat prakāśate dūrāt nīlameghanibham vanam

8. ayam giriḥ citrakūṭaḥ tathā mandākinī nadī
etat nīlameghanibham vanam dūrāt prakāśate

8. This is the Citrakūṭa mountain, and there is the Mandākinī river. This forest, resembling a dark cloud, shines from a distance.

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this (mountain) (this)

• गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain

• चित्रकूटः (citrakūṭaḥ) - the mountain named Citrakūṭa (Citrakūṭa (mountain))

• तथा (tathā) - and (and, thus, likewise)

• मन्दाकिनी (mandākinī) - the river named Mandākinī (Mandākinī (river))

• नदी (nadī) - river

• एतत् (etat) - this (forest) (this)

• प्रकाशते (prakāśate) - shines, appears

• दूरात् (dūrāt) - from a distance, far away

• नीलमेघनिभम् (nīlameghanibham) - resembling a dark cloud (describing the forest) (resembling a dark cloud)

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this (mountain) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

चित्रकूटः (citrakūṭaḥ) - the mountain named Citrakūṭa (Citrakūṭa (mountain))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of citrakūṭa

citrakūṭa - Citrakūṭa (a mountain with variegated or wondrous peaks)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (citra+kūṭa)

• citra – variegated, diverse, wondrous, bright
  adjective
• kūṭa – peak, summit, horn, top
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - and (and, thus, likewise)

(indeclinable)

मन्दाकिनी (mandākinī) - the river named Mandākinī (Mandākinī (river))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mandākinī

mandākinī - Mandākinī (name of a sacred river near Citrakūṭa)

नदी (nadī) - river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

एतत् (etat) - this (forest) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this, this here

प्रकाशते (prakāśate) - shines, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of prakāś

Prefix: pra

Root: kāś (class 1)

दूरात् (dūrāt) - from a distance, far away

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use of ablative case.

नीलमेघनिभम् (nīlameghanibham) - resembling a dark cloud (describing the forest) (resembling a dark cloud)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nīlameghanibha

nīlameghanibha - resembling a dark cloud

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nīla+megha+nibha)

• nīla – dark, blue, indigo
  adjective
• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• nibha – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

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